Ideas from 'Ideas: intro to pure phenomenology' by Edmund Husserl [1913], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Ideas: general introduction to pure phenomenology' by Husserl,Edmund (ed/tr Boyce Gibson,W) [Routledge 2012,978-0-415-51903-8]].
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology
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Phenomenology studies different types of correlation between consciousness and its objects [Bernet]
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Phenomenology aims to validate objects, on the basis of intentional intuitive experience [Bernet]
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Phenomenology needs absolute reflection, without presuppositions
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There can only be a science of fluctuating consciousness if it focuses on stable essences [Bernet]
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Husserl saw transcendental phenomenology as idealist, in its construction of objects [Bernet]
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Start philosophising with no preconceptions, from the intuitively non-theoretical self-given
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Epoché or 'bracketing' is refraining from judgement, even when some truths are certain
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'Bracketing' means no judgements at all about spatio-temporal existence
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After everything is bracketed, consciousness still has a unique being of its own
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Phenomenology describes consciousness, in the light of pure experiences
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition
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The use of mathematical-style definitions in philosophy is fruitless and harmful
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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Our goal is to reveal a new hidden region of Being
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)
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As a thing and its perception are separated, two modes of Being emerge
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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The World is all experiencable objects
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Absolute reality is an absurdity
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
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The sense of anything contingent has a purely apprehensible essence or Eidos
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Imagine an object's properties varying; the ones that won't vary are the essential ones [Vaidya]
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
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The physical given, unlike the mental given, could be non-existing
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence
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Feelings of self-evidence (and necessity) are just the inventions of theory
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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Direct 'seeing' by consciousness is the ultimate rational legitimation
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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The phenomena of memory are given in the present, but as being past [Bernet]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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Natural science has become great by just ignoring ancient scepticism
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds
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We know another's mind via bodily expression, while also knowing it is inaccessible [Bernet]
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness
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Pure consciousness is a sealed off system of actual Being
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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self
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We never meet the Ego, as part of experience, or as left over from experience
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
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Only facts follow from facts
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